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CIS358
Preview: CIS358 Introduction to Geographic Information : Systems
Course Guide
Prerequisites
Course Description
Instructional Materials
CIS111
This course introduces students to geographic information systems (GIS) and includes acquisition,
input, storage, editing of data, generation of maps, reports, and fundamental spatial data structures.
Students will be provided an overview of the tools employed, including commercial software
packages, and background of a elementary GIS concepts.
Required Resources
John Jensen. 2013. Introductory
Geographic
Information
Systems. CIS358 Pearson 1st edition
textbook available at https://strayerbookstore.com.
Microsoft Corporation. No date. Microsoft Access. https://o365login.strayer.edu/
ArcGIS Online Free Trial . No date. https://www.arcgis.com/features/free-trial.html
Esri. November 5, 2018. Exercise 1b: Do Exploratory Data Analysis.
https://www.esri.com/videos/watch?videoid=eKP67xoVacQ&title=exercise-1b-do-exploratory-data-
analysis
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Course Learning Outcomes
Weekly Course Schedule
Esri. November 5, 2018. Exercise 2a: List the Data
Requirements. https://www.esri.com/videos/watch?
videoid=xbuXtOtrCu0&title=Exercise%202a%3A%20List%20the%20Data%20Requirements,
Esri. November 5, 2018. Exercise 2b: Examine Data . https://www.esri.com/videos/watch?
videoid=SdH6pYVOxks&title=exercise-2b-examine-data)
Supplemental Resources
Timothy Foresman. 1998. The
History
of
Geographic
Information
Systems:
Perspectives
From
the
Pioneers. Prentice Hall.
Francis Harvey. 2012. Are
There
Fundamental
Principles
